Days of The Week Activities: No Prep, Simple Ideas to Teach Preschool Kids

Teaching your students the days of the week can be simple and fun with these days of the week activities to help your students learn the correct order to name each day! Learning about the days of the week helps your students understand more about the world around them. 

If you’re anything like me, our days thrive on routines. Depending on each day, there is a different activity or order of the day. Having a better understanding of the sequence of the days is helpful for young children who don’t understand the concept of time.

I use these days of the week activities for my kids and students as a fun way to help them name each day.

Interactive Calendar

I use this fun calendar to help introduce the students to each day of the week. I love that we can talk about the seasons, the weather, and talk about activities for the day. This helps to provide a visual reminder of the days of the week and provides a sense of structure and security.

Songs 

This was my son’s favorite! He still sings it when we’re going over our days of the week on our calendar.

Stories

We love this book!  Follow along the week of Cookie the Cat which is a timeless, short, and sweet book that is perfect for prek -1st.

Trace the Days of the Week

Trace these days of the week to incorporate writing practice as well as the days of the week vocabulary.

Days of the Week Cut and Paste Activity

These days of the week activities printable allow your little ones to cut the large circles and build the caterpillar or cut the rectangles and place them in the correct order. I’m not sure about your students, but my preschooler LOVES to cut and paste. These worksheets are perfect for that!

Days of the Week Activities to Color

The student will color the calendars according to the color key in the worksheet. This combines coloring with a bit of arts and crafts!

These digital days of the week activities also include days of the week worksheets for each day. This is perfect for independent work.

Days of the Week Circle Time Questions 

At the start of your lessons, ask your students some of these questions to start a discussion and help them understand there are different days of the week. 

• What day is today?
• What day was yesterday?
• What day will it be tomorrow?
• How many days are in a week? 
• Can you name the days of the week?
• What is the first day of the week?
• What is the last day of the week?
• What do you usually do on (insert day)?
• Which day do we have (insert activity)?
• What days do you come to school?
• What days do you stay home?

Days of the Week Journal Prompts

Journal promotes are school activities that are great for morning work, as an exit ticket, or for early finishers. These are also great discussion questions for small groups. Here are some journal prompts you can incorporate into your lesson plans:

• What is your favorite day of the week? Why?
• What is a fun activity you did last Saturday?
• What is your least favorite day of the week?
• If you could rename a day of the week, what would you call it?
• If you could pick an extra day for the week, what would you do on that day?
• What is something you look forward to on (insert day)

These fun worksheets keep my students interested and help them with the name of the day. These are some of the best ways for your students to have a better understanding of the name of each day. 

These days of the week activities are a great way to teach the concept of days. 

Whether you’re using these as half sheet printables or in your daily routine as days of the week resources, I hope these days fo the week activities are helpful for you.

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